Rumsfeld wrote:It's a damn good thing we look so much better than everyone else at forward and defense, because I've never seen a best-on-best tournament where mighty Canada looked so weak in goal.

If we win, it will be because of our "D". If we play to our potential, teams will be lucky to get more than 20 shots against us.

Mobile D, big forwards. Keep it against the walls. Grind out the goals. Play like the LA Kings circa 2012 and we'll be alright. Nobody can match our physicality. 2 lines built for speed, 2 lines built to punish, everyone needs to be able to skate on the big ice.

Yeah I have to agree IN, our defense is our greatest asset. It will be pretty sweet to see Stamkos in a Canada jersey as well.

Put him on the PP with Crosby, Tavares, Weber and Subban....

It also helps that we have such an easy group... seems pretty unlikely we don't get a QF bye this time around. Shit won't get real until the semis.

REALLY hope we get to smash the Swedes as well. Those yellowbellied wankers managed to avoid us in Vancouver and I haven't forgotten that prelim game in 2006.

Sweden is boring as fuck but they're the only hockey power I can think of who we haven't played in a big game in the last decade or so. I'd like to get them in the semis while the Yanks take on the Russkies... setting up a Russia/Canada gold medal game in the motherland.

Rumsfeld wrote:REALLY hope we get to smash the Swedes as well. Those yellowbellied wankers managed to avoid us in Vancouver and I haven't forgotten that prelim game in 2006.

Yeah, hopefully Duncan Keith knocks a Sedin or two outta action and into the hospital amirite? I TAKE IT BACK!!

Fuck take it back Of course we could put in Bobby Clarke as "advisor" and revise the roster to include a few more "physical" players - Tory comes to mind ? make the training video the 1973 Summit series? The swedes were used as a 'warm up team" and turned out to be tough competition because of their stick work.. Yeah, ankle slashing , trips etc.. So Team Canada had to change tactics and got more physical. Hospitalized a few swedes Won that series and left to loud Boo's from our Swedish friends .. Russia? A totally physical Canadian team won the series.. With every dirty trick in the book . Phil Esposito's book was the best candid explanation.. In the last game we took 30 minutes in penalties and the Russians were assessed 4 minutes (East German refs)..And a nobody ( Paul Henderson ) got 3 game winning goals.. Maybe the greatest hockey series ever.. I still watch it at least once a year ..